Poland in the politically turbulent late 1970s: Witek is running to catch a train. From this banal event Krzysztof Kieslowski the director of 'Dekalog' and the 'Three Colours' trilogy imagines three different possible outcomes in the young man's life. In the first scenario Witek catches the train on which he meets some hard line communists and joins the party. In the second as Witek runs for the train his path is blocked by a ticket inspector; the ensuing struggle leads to hi
This early film from Polish master Krzysztof Kieslowski explores the workings of chance and fate in determining the direction of a person's life. Med student Witek, after the death of his father, has a moment of freedom where he must choose his future. He leaves his studies and tries to catch a train to Warsaw, and the film shows three different possible outcomes for his life based on whether he catches the train or not. In one, he becomes involved in the Communist party, in one he becomes a member of the student opposition, and in the third he returns to medical school, marries a fellow student, and remains politically uninvolved. The film is a wonderful study of the role of chance and the possibility of making moral choices in the midst of circumstances beyond the individual's control. It's a wonderfully sensual and erotic film, like all of Kieslowski's work, finding a place for love and desire in a politically tense context. With its inventive three-part structure and gorgeous but understated imagery, this is every bit as worthwhile as Kieslowski's more famous later films like the Three Colors Trilogy. It's a complex film: political, morally engaged, erotic, and visually stimulating. It's presented in a beautiful transfer on Artificial Eye's DVD, complete with accompanying short films from Kieslowski's early documentary years.
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Poland in the politically turbulent late 1970s and a young man, Witek, is running to catch a train. From this banal event, director Krzysztof Kieslowski imagines three possible outcomes. In the first scenario, Witek catches the train on which he meets some hard- line communists and joins the party. In the second, as Witek runs for the train, his path is blocked by a ticket inspector - the ensuing struggle leads to his arrest and subsequent involvement in the political underground. In the final scenario, Witek misses the train and he returns to the medical studies that he intended to abandon. He falls in love with a female student, gets married and lives a quiet life as a doctor, showing little interest in politics.
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